Rohit Sharma is maniac on flat pitches !!!

[MechEng]

3 hours ago, Cricketics said:

Maniac will be in shock when he wakes up to see another double ton. He must be sleeping at this time.

 

Well Done Rohit.

 

 

Just got up. Checked the cricbuzz scorecard, and when saw Rohit double the first thing was to come here and see the forum's reaction to one of their most favorite players - tailunt!

[MechEng]

Long time ago I used to play cricket 07 at one star difficulty and would fulfill all of my cricket fantasies through that game like getting the great Australian side all out for a score of 4 with an off spinner picking up all 10 wickets and scoring double hundreds four times in ODIs. I used to laugh at the idea of a batsman getting to a 200 in ODIs back then thinking how unrealistic it was, let alone scoring it thrice!

Edited December 13, 2017 by MechEng

[putrevus]

It is to his credit Rohit has turned himself into a world class opener.He will walk into current world eleven.He is ahead of Ganguly/Sehwag as an opener.

 

Sehwag would not be in my all time Indian odi line up.

[rkt.india]

1 hour ago, The Realist said:

If only he could change gears earlier in an innings. Don't know why he has to wait till gets a hundred to really kick on.

Because this team has a fragile middle order. He wants to make sure he bata deep in the innings. If he gets out trying to hit, you will be the first one to blame him.

[putrevus]

Indian ODI batting is mainly due their top three , if they click it is feast, if they flop like these in CT finals and last match , it is famine.

 

People here talk as if these three choked in CT finals but it is not the case.They carry so much burden knowing fully well especially in big chases that there is nothing after no3.They carried this team to finals and semis of last two ICC tournaments.

Edited December 13, 2017 by putrevus

[SK_IH]

22 minutes ago, putrevus said:

Indian ODI batting is mainly due their top three , if they click it is feast, if they flop like these in CT finals and last match , it is famine.

 

People here talk as if these three choked in CT finals but it is not the case.They carry so much burden knowing fully well especially in big chases that there is nothing after no3.They carried this team to finals and semis.

 dont think cricket is played with this thought process that they have to take all the burden because middle order is no good, its rohit's natural intinct to start cautiously ,its irritating to watch sometimes but his ability to catch up is always comforting but his type innings should always be complimented by an innings like dhawan played today,when both have them take time,then its worrying

also its common sense most teams depend on top 3-4 to win matches in limited overs cricket,tou ye kuch ajooba nahi kar rahe and yes top 3 choked in the finals and yes rohit did fail  when it mattered

Edited December 13, 2017 by SK_IH

[maniac]

Edited December 13, 2017 by maniac

[maniac]

 champion... as I said capable of feats unheard of

[Jimmy Cliff]

Just now, maniac said:

[SK_IH]

@maniac all credit to Shri MS Dhoni for making Rohit the player he is today ? 

[putrevus]

18 minutes ago, SK_IH said:

 dont think cricket is played that they have to take all the burden because middle order is no good, its rohit's natural intinct to start cautiously ,its irritating to watch sometimes but his ability to catch up is always comforting but his type innings should always be complimented by an innings like dhawan played today,when both have them take time,then its worrying

also its common sense most teams depend on top 3-4 to win matches in limited overs cricket,tou ye kuch ajooba nahi kar rahe and yes top 3 choked in the finals and yes rohit did fail  when it mattered

No mosts team don't depend on their top three this much. Only Australia and India are top heavy. SA have AB and FAF in middle order, England is very strong odi side due to their middle order and lower middle order.

India when they had Yuvi and Dhoni in full flow had very strong middle order.India chased a big total in 2011 finals  after being 2 down for nothing.

Chasing 300 plus is not a gimme so calling that a choke is wrong, not having a strong middler order places extra burden on top three they know if they fail team is going to lose.

Edited December 13, 2017 by putrevus

[gattaca]

Great achievement but hopefully h can do same in South Africa. Last time it was terrible to watch rohit bat in South Africa. He used to tuk tuk to 30 ball 15 runs then get out and used put pressure on the whole team. 

[maniac]

3 minutes ago, SK_IH said:

@maniac all credit to Shri MS Dhoni for making Rohit the player he is today ? 

Kris Srikkanth gets credit for making Sachin a  legend as well 

 

[SK_IH]

1 minute ago, putrevus said:

No mosts team don't depend on their top three this much. Only Australia and India are top heavy. SA have AB and FAF in middle order, England is very strong odi side due to their middle order and lower middle order.

India when they had Yuvi and Dhoni in full flow had very strong middle order.India chased a big total in 2011 finals  after being 2 down for nothing.

Chasing 300 plus is not a gimme so calling that a choke is wrong, not having a strong middler order places extra burned on top three they know if they fail team is going to lose.

kedar scored 2 hundreds,yuvi and dhoni scored hundreds and yuvi got man of match in champions trophy and this i am talking about this year alone,not to forget pandya-dhoni partnership in chennai,so naah i dont believe in your theory that they play with fear of weak middlle order,atleast one of the two has to be proactive or atleast run a ball from start

every team in odi depend on top order for achieving success ,sa as well generally are led by amla or dekock ,btw faf is no.3 batsman ,

eng i concur is full of dangerous batsmsn one after another,who can go big but they are an anomaly 

[putrevus]

1 minute ago, SK_IH said:

kedar scored 2 hundreds,yuvi and dhoni scored hundreds and yuvi got man of match in champions trophy and this i am talking about this year alone,not to forget pandya-dhoni partnership in chennai,so naah i dont believe in your theory that they play with fear of weak middlle order,atleast one of the two has to be proactive or atleast run a ball from start

every team in odi depend on top order for achieving success ,sa as well generally are led by amla or dekock ,btw faf is no.3 batsman ,

eng i concur is full of dangerous batsmsn one after another,who can go big but they are an anomaly 

What were others doing when top three failed, if they are so good as you say  why did they not score in those matches CT final or world cup semi final.

 

Depending on top order for success and succeeding only when top order fires are two different things. There is no balance in this team, top three are the best finishers in this team and that is the reason why this team goes where top three goes.

 

Other teams are not this way.

[sergio04]

india wont win world cup due to weak middle order 

 

[SK_IH]

2 minutes ago, putrevus said:

What were others doing when top three failed, if they are so good as you say  why did they not score in those matches CT final or world cup semi final.

 

Depending on top order for success and succeeding only when top order fires are two different things. There is no balance in this team, top three are the best finishers in this team and that is the reason why this team goes where top three goes.

 

Other teams are not this way.

my point is there is no such thing as playing with fear that middle order is no good,they dont have to so magnanimous and dont be ultra defensive upfront

[maniac]

2 minutes ago, SK_IH said:

my point is there is no such thing as playing with fear that middle order is no good,they dont have to so magnanimous and dont be ultra defensive upfront

Our middle order has been prone to collapses..infact we have been over dependent on our top 3....apart from that Dhoni-Yuvi partnership vs England,how many times have our top 3 failed and the middle order rescued us.

 

Even in that Kedar Jadhav game,it took Kohli at the other end to guide him.

[WC2011INDIA]

WHen setting a target, no one is better than Rohit on a flat / semi flat track. 

 

 

[SK_IH]

5 minutes ago, maniac said:

Our middle order has been prone to collapses..infact we have been over dependent on our top 3....apart from that Dhoni-Yuvi partnership vs England,how many times have our top 3 failed and the middle order rescued us.

 

Even in that Kedar Jadhav game,it took Kohli at the other end to guide him.

vs aus at chennai,pandya blitzkrieg